Episode
The Streets of San Francisco: Tower Beyond Tragedy
Overview
Stone and Keller face off against Gilliam, a wealthy executive who transforms women into his own special image of perfection, then kills them when they inevitably fail to live up to every demented standard of his.
Details
- Series
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1972-10-28
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
Tower Beyond Tragedy is Episode 5 in Season 1 of The Streets of San Francisco. It aired on 1972-10-28. The runtime is 51 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 4: Whose Little Boy Are You?
A Vietnam veteran goes AWOL from the army in order to kidnap the son he has never seen.
Episode 6: Hall of Mirrors
Keller, temporarily partnered with a hotshot detective, sets out to discover why his new partner seems to be absolutely convinced of a murder suspect's guilt for no apparent reason.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: 45 Minutes from Home
A salesman attending a convention wrongly believes that he is responsible for the death of an attractive female hitchhiker who had lured him to her houseboat.
Episode 7: Timelock
Stone appears to be the only one willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a convict who is accused of a murder while out of prison on a 36-hour pass.
Episode 2: The First Day of Forever
Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.
Episode 8: In the Midst of Strangers
When a corner newspaper vendor goes after the muggers who stole his life savings, Stone and Keller discover that the crime is linked to the murder of a housing commissioner.
Episode 1: The Thirty-Year Pin
When a police officer is fatally shot 3 days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.
Episode 9: The Takers
The murders of a flight attendant and a nurse who were rooming together lead Stone and Keller to suspect a jewelry salesman and his wife.
Episode 10: The Year of the Locusts
In their attempt to bring down a family of con artists who victimize entire neighborhoods, Stone and Keller are aided by dissension among the gang members.
Episode 11: The Bullet
A college professor, shot accidentally while trying to pay off a blackmailer, refuses to co-operate with Stone's investigation for fear that the publicity will lose him an upcoming promotion.
Episode 12: Bitter Wine
A man who served 12 years in prison to protect his brother gets out only to find that the brother never told their father, a Greek restaurant owner, the truth about who should have gone to jail.
Episode 13: A Trout in the Milk
Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.